John 9:41
Jesus answered, “If you were blind, you wouldn't be guilty. But now that you say you see, your guilt remains.”
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40Some Pharisees who were there with Jesus asked him, “We're not blind too, are we?”
Cross References
Proverbs 26:12Have you seen a man who is wise in his own eyes? There's more hope for stupid people than for him!
Jeremiah 2:35you go on saying, “I'm innocent! Surely he can't still be upset with me!” Watch out! I'm going to punish you because you go on saying, “I haven't sinned.”
Luke 18:14I tell you, it was this man who went home right in God's sight and not the other. For those who exalt themselves will be humbled, while those who humble themselves will be exalted.”
Hebrews 10:26For if we deliberately go on sinning after we've understood the truth, there's no longer any sacrifice for sins.
Matthew Henry on John 9:40-41
Christ's Address to the Pharisees. 39 And Jesus said, For judgment I am come into this world, that they which see not might see; and that they which see might be made blind. 40 And some of the Pharisees which were with him heard these words, and said unto him, Are we blind also? 41 Jesus said unto them, If ye were blind, ye should have no sin: but now ye say, We see; therefore your sin remaineth. Christ, having spoken comfort to the poor man that was persecuted, here speaks conviction to his persecutors, a… Read the whole commentary →